12. "while i agree with a lot of your points i'd say fit it in western first" In response to In response to 9
in the book "Coltrane" by Bill Cole, Cole breaks down some of Trane's solos into western notation to point out just how complex what he was trying to do was within that paradigm. Because you said you're doing this for more academic than practical purposes I'd highly suggest starting out on that route. In fact I think its necessary for comparison. Yes it may get visually crowded but that's the point. Within the western musical context, MC's are doing more in a bar than perhaps any other before them.